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PowerSlave (DOS Classic Edition) cover art

PowerSlave (DOS Classic Edition)

Lobotomy Software · Throwback Entertainment · 2021-07-27

Steam

Action

Modes: Single player, Multiplayer · Perspectives: First person

Releases: 1997 (DOS), Nov 19, 2020 (PC (Microsoft Windows)), Nov 19, 2020 (Mac), Nov 19, 2020 (Linux)

Alien forces possessing horrifying powers have sealed off the once thriving city of Karnak from all outside contact. As a covert operations specialist, you have been trained for all forms of contingencies. Nothing can prepare you, however, for the nightmare you are about to enter...

92%
positive of 66 reviews
Very Positive
steam's rating (official)
0–20,000
owners (SteamSpy est.)
pending
deck/linux tier (ProtonDB)
$9.99
steam price (US)
PowerSlave, known as Exhumed in Europe and 1999 AD: Resurrection of the Pharaoh in Japan, is a 1996 first-person shooter game developed by Lobotomy Software and published by Playmates Interactive Entertainment in North America, and BMG Interactive in Europe and Japan. It was released in North America, Europe and Japan, for the Sega Saturn, PlayStation, and MS-DOS over the course of a year from late 1996 to late 1997. The MS-DOS version of PowerSlave was added to the GOG store on November 19, 2020.

Health check

Quiet
  • · 14 reviews in the last 8 weeks (~2/week).
  • · Review velocity up 56% vs the prior 8 weeks.
  • · Top 58% of 17,773 Action games in the census by review count.
Estimated sales: 1.3k–3.0k copies

Review-multiple estimate from 66 total reviews — how this is computed.

All-time low: $4.99 at Steam (2023-06-29)via IsThereAnyDeal

Review momentum

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8820212026Week of 2021-07-01: 6 positiveWeek of 2021-08-01: 7 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-09-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2021-10-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2021-11-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-02-01: 8 positiveWeek of 2022-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 3 positiveWeek of 2022-04-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2022-05-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2022-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2022-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-02-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-07-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2023-09-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2023-12-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-03-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-05-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2024-06-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-09-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-10-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2024-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-02-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2025-07-01: 2 positiveWeek of 2025-11-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-01-01: 2 negativeWeek of 2026-05-01: 1 positiveWeek of 2026-06-01: 4 positiveWeek of 2026-07-01: 1 negativeWeek of 2026-08-01: 1 positive
Weekly review counts (Steam review histogram). Positive above the line, negative below.

Attention

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Daily Wikipedia pageviews (attention proxy, census-recorded).

Details

WindowsmacOSLinuxSingle-playerFamily Sharing1 DLC

1 supported languages: English

Player tags

FPSGoreRetro1990'sActionClassicShooterViolentCult ClassicFirst-Person

Census log

Computed from census-recorded observations only — dates are observation dates.

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